Shutdowns & Turnarounds North America 2013

Summary:

Optimize your planning methods and execution strategies for efficient turnaround management.

Description:

Shutdowns and Turnarounds North America 2013 promises to be even bigger than ever before with even more turnaround management professionals discussing their strategies and practices. 

Shutdowns and Turnarounds North America is a leading TAR conference, focusing on key areas that have a major impact on TAR frequency and associated costs. By learning from some of the most challenging shutdown and turnaround case studies, you can maximize efficiency, minimize downtime and reduce risks for your next TAR project.

• Work Scope: Understand when your work scope starts, how the scope is generated, and how to gather all the essential information required
• Quality Control: Minimize re-work through the sharing of best practices within quality control, whilst ensuring all activity is compliant with regulatory guidelines and fully audited 
• Risk Assessment: Develop a strategy that tackles all potential issues pro-actively
• Contractor Management: Foster the most effective programmes to induct, educate and communicate with your contractors, ensuring that they quickly adapt and take ownership and responsibility for the safety, quality and schedule of the TAR project
• Cost Control: Implementing effective mechanisms that will considerably improve your budget forecasting and reduce final overall project costs
• Readiness Assessment: Minimize risks by ensuring that turnarounds never begin without full assurance
• Safety: Sharing and learning the most effective techniques for maintaining the highest HSE Standards during turnarounds

Keywords: turnaround strategy development, turnaround management.